Genus: Limax amoebae with hyaline cap reduced to shallow crescent or absent
in continuing locomotion, though always seen on initiation of pseudopodium; advance often
with non-eruptive slight antero-lateral bulging; villous-bulb uroid with more or less
rigid fine villi often present (Page, 1976).
Species: Broad, 70-100 μm;
uroid smooth or with punctate appearance;
nucleus 6-7 μm;
<20 crystals, 5-15 μm
(Page, 1976). 70-120 μm;
pseudopods, eruptive, hemispheroid; ectoplasm, smooth, thin (?) ;
uroid morulate, when present (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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